Primary Ballot Abbreviations Amid War Tie to Labor Day
Only fourteen ballots were mailed to service members for the Tuesday primary amid war, with late requests pushing totals near past primaries. Precinct shifts, new polling sites, and reduced local contests shape turnout as voters face a dry spell of local gubernatorial and judgeship races while weather and gasoline rationing exert limited influence.
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Armed Services
Board of Election Supervisors
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Independent Hose Company Engine House
West Church Street
Peoples Court
Court House
OCC
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Orphans Court
Frederick County
Register of Wills
House of Delegates
State Central Committee
Russians Repel German Attacks At Stalingrad
Berlin and Moscow dispatches report fierce street fighting as Germans push toward the city. Russian defenders steady, trading blows with massed German forces amid heavy casualties on both sides. Novorossisk base falls after days of fighting. Black Sea fleet operations constrained at Batum.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Berlin
Stockholm
Red Fleet
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Novorissisk
Batum
Labor Day Pledge Urged By AFL Leader In Omaha Speech
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged workers to sacrifice for the wage stabilization plan and keep a no strike pledge for the war's duration. Paul V. McNutt signaled possible universal service study, while stressing no consensus on timing. Green warned that strikes now could endanger liberties and urged steadfast labor support for Roosevelt's program.
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Omaha
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Green
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Commission
Hitler
United States
Miss Fulmer Celebrates 100th Birthday In Braddock Heights
Miss Mary Fulmer of Braddock Heights marks her centennial with greetings from President Roosevelt and a wall of well wishers. Sunday School classmates visit with fruit, Calvary Methodist leaders conduct services, and residents plan to see the oldest mountain resident as she recalls Civil War memories and wartime bread baking. Her great-niece, Ruth Adams, is married to a Rayburn nephew, linking her to Washington affairs. She never married but raised four girls and enjoyed attention from six sisters and many relatives today.
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Mary Fulmer
Braddock Heights
Roosevelt
Miss Fulmer
Methodist Church
Calvary Methodist Church Leaders
Hattie Myers
Frederick
Pers
Eugene Creed
Vule
Miss Filhter
United States
Fulmer
Whistler
Crand Pee
Robert Mick
Libertytown
Creed
Navy Flyer Saved His Life By Courage and Endurance
Ensign Gordon Firebaugh, 31, of Valparaiso Indiana, a carrier fighter pilot with 11 years in service and 3,000 flight hours, bailed out during a Japanese air attack near Guadalcanal. He swam six hours after his life preserver leaked, survived 11 days on tiny islets, built a raft, endured thirst and sun, and was rescued by a Navy plane.
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Tom Yarbrough
U.S
Solomon Islands
Gordon Firebaugh
Valparaiso
Ind
Firebaugh
San Diego
Calif
Guadacanal Island
Iisland
Little
Marines Recruiter Arrives in Frederick City to Enlist
St. Sergeant James C. Parrish arrived in Frederick to recruit Marines. A recruiting station will be at the post office every Monday from 9 to 4 to enlist men aged 17 to 36. College graduates are needed for officers training school as well.
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Frederick City
U.S. Marines
James
C. Parrish
Frederick
Rommel’s Offensive Empties Desert of Axis Tanks
Cairo reports heavy losses for Rommel as his push toward Cairo stalls. Axis forces retreat to starting lines, with tanks and transport wrecked across the desert. British forces harass retreating units while air activity rises. decisive Nile battle still possible despite a momentary threat dissipating.
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Cairo
Erwin Romonel
Ronmel
Nile
Egypt
Hommel
Eighth Army
Rammel
Weis
Ulebb
Rommel
RAF
Visitors Jam New York Seeks Food Shortage Fears
New York City attracted vast Labor Day weekend crowds that overflowed sidewalks into Broadway and crowded midtown eateries. With demand high, several midrange restaurants worried about potential shortages as patrons queued for meals. Coffee and milk were consumed from cups as diners improvised due to missing utensils and glassware.
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New York
New York City
Broadway
German General killed in Egypt reported by prisoners
Reuters dispatch from Cairo quotes German prisoners saying General Von Bismarck, commander of the 21st armored division in Rommel's African Corps, was killed in the recent fighting in Egypt.
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London
Reuters
Cairo
von Bismarck
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
OPA Checks On Use Of Gasoline For Labor Day Trips
Maryland Office of Price Administration conducted a checkup on motorists using gasoline allotments for Labor Day holiday trips. The inspection aimed to ensure compliance with wartime fuel rationing rules and prevent misuse of fuel allowances.
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Baltimore
Maryland Office of Price Administration
Flying Forts Head Again For Nazi Territory
London reports heavy daylight raids by Flying Fortresses escorted by fighter command over enemy occupied territory. The four crested bombers, likely American crews, crossed the coast toward German positions, continuing a campaign that has challenged German air power. An authoritative source says Goering must blunt the aura of invincibility surrounding the fortresses and is trying to block the American raids.
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London
English
Goering
Duisburg Smashed by RAF Night Raid in Ruhr
British night raid on Duisburg, a major Ruhr industrial hub, left vast fires and reported civilian damage. The article notes RAF forces massed hundreds of planes, with Duisburg identified as a key steel and coal center and shipping hub.
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London
United States Army Air Force
France
RAF
Duisburg
Germany
Ruhr
Rhine
Aans
Air Ministry
Frisian
English Channel
High Command
Berlin
Duisbure
Boston
Military Darsete Ta
North Sea
Weitzel Enlists in Army Air Corps
F W Weitzel, general manager of Ox Fibre Brush Co and Frederick resident, is entering the Army Air Corps. His papers are in order and he will be on active duty for the war. Mrs Wertzel and their three children will move to Burlington, WI, for the duration, with plans to return midweek to close the Frederick home.
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F. W. Weitzel
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Frederick
Army Air Corps
Werteel
Frederick, Jr
Mary Jo
Jane
Jett
Burtlington
Wertzel
Roosevelt Warns Congress to Act or He Will
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass inflation and farm price stabilization measures by October 1 or risk executive action to curb rising costs. He outlined a seven point program, pressed for tax reform and price ceilings, and warned inaction could threaten wartime production and the nation’s economy. He insisted he could act if needed while stressing commitment to constitutional powers and wartime victory.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Jegislators
Coun
Fort
Roostvel
Tuli Field
Rooges Ivelt
Seven Axis Ships Sunk By British Submarines
Alexandria Egypt September 7 British naval headquarters announced seven Axis ships have been sunk and five others damaged by British submarines in recent operations in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Sonk
Mediterranean
County Draft Boards Upheld On Appeals In Maryland
The Western Maryland Selective Service Board of Appeals in Hagerstown affirmed local board classifications in seven counties in 43 cases. Howard Hooper, George Wolfe, Wendell Stewart and others from Frederick area were kept in 1-A or related categories. The board reversed Richard Pryor from 1-A to 2-B in an Abbillsville filing.
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Frederick County
Western
Maryland
Brunswick
Edward Thomas Siedling
Frederick
Alvie Newton Covell
Luther Jefferson Franklin
Taylorsville
Paul Eugene Romsberg
Mehrle Elmer Leatherman
Myersville
Vernon Hahn Birely
Emmitsburg
Harry Warren Summers
Jefferson
Jacob Eldred Baker
Ernest McGill II
Thurmont
Harold Talmadge Bennett
Monrovia
Ralph Norman Halfleigh
Onion Bridge
Bernard Monroe Poole
Richard Edward Pryor
Sabillasville
American Flyer Hangs Up His 12th Victory
Alexandria Egypt September 7 RAF fighter pilot Lieut Lance Wade of Tucson Arizona aged 27 scored his 12th confirmed victory in a trial combat by shooting down a German Messerschmitt 108 over the Egyptian battlefront. Wade also has four probable victories, placing him ahead of other American airmen in the Middle East.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Lance Wade
Tucson
Ariz
Wade
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